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VELVET SKIRT BINDING.

Patented Nbv. 25. 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IIENRY C. F. KOCH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VELVET SKIRT-BINDING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,423, dated November25, 1890. Application filed May 15, 1890. Serial No. 851,938. (Nospecimens.)

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HENRY C. F. KOCH, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Velvet Skirt-Bindings, of which the following isa specification.

In finishing the skirts of ladies dresses a velvet binding is used whichheretofore was cut from the piece and applied as a binding to the loweredge of the skirt. The edges of this binding are turned in, whichturned-in edges render the binding thick and clumsy.

The object of my invention is to supply to dress-makers and others askirt-bindin g which is made up ready for use and which can be instantlyapplied without the delay incident to cutting it off the piece, andwhich reduces the thick and clumsy appearance of the binding heretoforein use 'and the invention consists of a skirt-binding formed of a piledcentral portion of suitable width and plain unpiled side portions. theedges of which are cut and without a selvage, so that the binding can befolded and applied to the skirt in such a manner that the unpiled sideportions reduce the thickness of the binding.

The invention consists, secondly,of the combination, with the body ofthe skirt, of a binding formed of a middle piled portion and of plainunpiled side portions having cut edges, whereby the side portions may bereadily folded, and thereby the thickness of the edge of the skirtreduced.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of myimproved skirtbinding. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of thesame on the line 1 1, Fig. 1; and Figs. 3 and 4 are vertical transversesections of iny improved binding and of the old style of binding,respectively, shown as applied to the lower edge of a skirt.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents a skirt-binding, which is made in anysuitable length, as found convenient for use, and which is composed of amiddle piled portion asuch as cotton or silk velvet-and of plain unpiledside portions b b of less width, which are not woven with a selvage, inthe nature of piled fabrics woven on a hand-loom, but which are cut intolongitudinal strips from a piece of suitable width woven specially forthis purpose, so that no selvage is obtained. Abinding of suchconstruction gives a better finish to the edge of the skirt, as thesmooth side portions are readily folded inwardly, as they have no pilingat the folded portions of the binding, whereby all the advantages of theold-style velvet or velveteen ski rt binding are obtained withoutrendering it so thick and clumsy as the same.

My improved skirt-binding is supplied in strips of from four to fiveyards in length, the original woven piece being cut into longitudinalstrips for this purpose. The binding is thereby furnished ready for useand can be sewed onto the skirt with great facility.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to securebyLetters Patent- 1. A skirt-binding composed of a middle piled portionand of plain unpiled side portions, said side portions having out edgeswithout selvages, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with askirt, of a binding having a piled centralportion and plain unpiled smooth side portions having cut edges, saidside portions being folded in and stitched to the edge of the skirt,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY C. F. KOCH.

Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, MARTIN PETRY.

